The collection consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to the Alsands Project (1977-February 1982); scrapbook re Energy Resources Conservation Board hearing on the Alsands Project (June-July, 1979); and Canadian Press Clipping Service clippings from eastern and western Canadian newspapers relating to the Alsands Project (January-May, 1982).

The collection consists of an obituary for T. S. C. Lee, a published announcement of his receipt of a French medal, notice to claimants of his estate, articles about his ancestors from the Dictionary of National Biography, correspondence between Andrew Tatham and Jim Bowman about him, and portraits of him (ca. 1880 and ca. 1920).

The collection consists of photographs of local personalities, businesses, farming scenes, schools and events.

The collection consists of interviews with Harry Irving, Ed Davis, Ted Riback, Chester Connaughty, Arthur Child, J.W. "Jack" McCaig, J.R. "Bud" McCaig, and Mr. Justice Marshall M. Porter. Subjects discussed include Irving Industries Ltd., farming, coal mining, Father Athol Murray, Burns Foods Ltd., transportation industry, Trimac Ltd., the legal profession, steel industry, petroleum industry, consulting engineering business, property development industry, mobile home manufacturing, service stations, and the Jewish community.

The collection consists of typed transcripts of short interviews with J.Vair Anderson (jeweller); Adrien Despins (hardware); Richard D. Fields (Western Cycle Works); Albert Hill (tailor); Earl P. Holzeworth (hardware); L.H. Luther (Blue Label Bottle); John T. Saunders (Jackson Bakery); and George M. Wilkinson (Wilkinson Electric).

The collection consists of photographs of personalities, buildings, schools, social and sports events, and coal mining.

The collection consists of photographs of local personalities, businesses, mining, schools and events.

The collection consists of photographs of buildings, activities, and people who lived in the town of Carlstadt / Alderson.

The collection consists of photographs of Whitecourt and vicinity.

The collection consists of colour photographs of homes in Downtown East Village district.